Learning objectives
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development of critical-hermeneutic skills
Prerequisites
a. willingness to listen carefully; <br />
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b. desire to enrich one’s personal cultural background
Course unit content
<br />analysis of the various classic texts covered (in particular Empedocles), moving through variousperiods of correlative philosophical historiography as well as on the basis of re-examining (deconstruction and reattribution of meanings) the language in which that thought is expressed <br />
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Bibliography
i. Empedocle, Poema fisico <br />
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II? Empedocle, Poema lustrale <br />
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iii. Parmenide, Poema sulla natura, frr. 1-9 <br />
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iv. Giorgio Colli, La sapienza greca, vols. I and II <br />
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v. Carlo Santaniello, Empedocle: uno o due cosmi, una o due zoogonie? <br />
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vi. Theodor Gomperz, Empedocle, in I pensatori greci <br />
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vii. W! .K.C. Guthr ie, Empedocles, in A History of Greek Philosophy <br />
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viii. A. Martin-O. Primavesi, L?Empedocle de Strasbourg <br />
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x. M. Dixsaut, L?Empedocle de Nietzsche <br />
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xi. H. Munding, Zur Beweisfurung des Empedokles <br />
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xii. L. Rossetti, Introduzione alla filosofia antica
Teaching methods
Teaching method: historical-deconstructionist and hermeneutic-critical <br />
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Assessment method: based on the student’s ability to provide independent critique of texts, according to his or her actual familiarity with the material covered.